7 Month Old Davey

Today Davey turned 7 months. He is getting bigger and cuter everyday! He now weighs in at 22 lbs and 5 oz. He is wearing 12+ months clothing. He also cut two more teeth this month and has a total of 6 teeth.
*He claps his hands
*He scoots around backwards and rotates in both directions
*He pushes himself up with his arms but I don't see him crawling anytime soon
*He loves Peek-A-Boo
*He loves bananas
*He hates squash
*He still loves his baths and rolls around and around in it, and tries to swim
*Loves riding on his Daddy's shoulders and playing with Daddy.
*Loves going for walks

Scary Moment In Time

So the other night Doug was smoking a roast for dinner out in the smoker on our deck. I was inside playing with Davey on the floor of his room. Doug needed my help real quick, so I left Davey on the floor and followed Doug out to the deck shutting the door behind me. Well the one thing that I hate about this rental is the locks. You can never tell from the inside if the handle to the door is locked or not. I didn't think about the handle being locked as I shut the door. Well.... It was. Locked door with baby inside = one crazy mamma! Doug and I both panicked. We didn't have our keys with us, and all the windows and the front door were locked. No other way into the house. I kept thinking if I have to, I will just break the window, but with it being a rental and all I wanted to use that as the last resort. I did have a bobby pin in my hair so I started to do what I have seen others do on TV. I tried to pick the lock. Of course I had no idea on how to really pick a lock, but I kept trying. David started getting upset and I could here him start to cry. I kept reassuring him that I would be in soon, I am pretty sure he couldn't hear me, but I had to console him nonetheless. We tried the front door and some windows just in case. Of course they were locked as we had thought. Then all of a sudden Doug remembered we have a mail slot in our front door! Aha! So we ran to the front door and tried to get our hands inside. They barely fit, and it wasn't the handle that was locked but the dead bolt which we couldn't reach. Doug found a screw driver in the garage and took the mail slot completely off so there was more arm room. Then he found a long clamp of some sort which he used to reach the bolt at the top of the door. After I said several prayers I was finally started to think we were going to get in. We still couldn't get the bolt unlocked because we couldn't tell how the bolt was situated. So I went to the car and found a CD which we used as a mirror to determine what our next move would be. So with the clamp, a CD, and Doug's smooth Macgyver skills he was able to open the door. I ran into Davey where he lay crying. I picked him up and looked at the clock. It really felt like an hour or so had passed by but after I looked at the time I realized that less than15 minutes had passed. I am just glad he was still in his room, although crying a little bit, he was perfectly fine. I hope this is the last scary moment we have in a long while.

Christmas Time Pictures

Christmas Time

We had a lovely Christmas this year! Doug, Davey, and I just stuck around town, which was sort of nice because traveling with Davey is not my favorite thing to do right now. Plus we got to start a few of our own traditions this year. But of course we did miss our family. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas made me a little homesick, but luckily I'll be able to see all my family very soon. We made a ham and fondue for Christmas Eve dinner, which was mighty delicious and then we went and looked at Christmas lights to try and calm Davey down. Davey was sick this last week, he had his first fever, which for a new mom is a very big deal. It wasn't very high, but still worried me. Luckily the fever broke on Friday, then on Christmas Eve he broke out with a rash and was cranky until the day after Christmas. I am so glad we have our Davey back.

On Christmas morning we went to church then came home and ate breakfast, then we opened gifts. We spent Christmas dinner with the Holley's and Snow's which was lots of fun. Then we came home and crashed Christmas night. And now today I am taking down all of my decorations. It feels like it went by way too fast! Sometimes I wish I could boycott the end of Christmas, but then again getting ready for the New Year and anticipating whats to come can be just as exciting. Well I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and that you enjoy this New Year to come!!!

6 month old Davey

Davey is now 6 months old. His personality is coming out and I am loving every moment of getting to know him. He is now 21 lbs and 13 oz. He has two new teeth. The top two came in a few weeks ago and he loves chewing on anything he can get his hands on. He is sitting by himself. He now rolls all over the place. This morning I put him on his bedroom rug to play and a few minutes later he had rolled across the room and pulled out all of his washcloths that I had in a basket on the bottom part of his changing table. He loves to laugh and smile. Every time you look at him he can't help but smile. He started sleeping really well through the night, but now his schedule is out of whack since we left for Branson. Hopefully he will be back to sleeping well again in the next few nights. He loves baby food, so far sweet potatoes are his favorite. Peas are his least favorite. He is finally starting to not spit up as much. He still loves it when we sing to him. He has his own theme song that we have been singing to him for a few months and when he starts to cry and we start singing it he gets real excited. It is too cute!

Thanksgiving

This time of year I love! Sometimes it is nice just to reflect on all of the blessings that we have in our life. Thanksgiving last year is when we announced that we were expecting David. I am so grateful for him, and for being able to have such a little miracle join our family. I am also very grateful that Doug has a wonderful job and that I can stay home with Davey.

This year we were able to spend Thanksgiving with Doug's family in Branson. Davey was able to meet his Uncle Dave and Aunt Jean and cousins Holly, Nick, and Meghan for the first time. We drove the 14+ hours and David did wonderful on the way out. He hardly cried. But when we headed back home he had a harder time. He didn't want to be in his car seat, so we ended up splitting the drive into two days and stayed the night in Nashville. It was so nice to be able to break up the drive. Hopefully we will plan early next year so we can fly.